System Administrators Training Levels: Open Source vs Windows NT

Wurzler found that system administrators working on open source systems tend to be better trained and stay with their employers longer than those at firms using Windows software, where turnover can exceed 33 percent per year. That turnover contributes to another . . . Wurzler found that system administrators working on open source systems tend to be better trained and stay with their employers longer than those at firms using Windows software, where turnover can exceed 33 percent per year. That turnover contributes to another problem: System administrators are not implementing all the patches that have been issued for Windows NT, Wurzler said.

Given Windows NT's record, Gene Spafford, the director of Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, believes higher insurance premiums may be justified. "NT is more difficult to install correctly and keep up to date than Linux," Spafford said.

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